CVE-2025-2059
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal 1.0 allows attackers to manipulate database queries through the ambulanceregnum parameter in /admin/booking-details.php. Attackers can potentially read, modify, or delete sensitive data from the database. Organizations using this specific portal version are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise leading to data theft, data manipulation, authentication bypass, or potential remote code execution if database permissions allow.
Likely Case
Unauthorized data access including sensitive booking information, user credentials, and personal data from the ambulance hiring system.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permission restrictions in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details have been publicly disclosed on GitHub. Attack requires access to the admin booking details functionality.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not specified
Vendor Advisory: https://phpgurukul.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Check vendor website for updates. Implement workarounds immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Parameterized Queries
PHPImplement proper input validation and use prepared statements with parameterized queries for the ambulanceregnum parameter.
Modify /admin/booking-details.php to use PDO or mysqli prepared statements
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the ambulanceregnum parameter.
Configure WAF to detect and block SQL injection attempts
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /admin/booking-details.php using IP whitelisting or authentication requirements
- Implement database user with minimal necessary permissions (read-only if possible)
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the ambulanceregnum parameter in /admin/booking-details.php with SQL injection payloads like ' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check application version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer execute and return expected error handling📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in web server logs
- Multiple failed parameter manipulation attempts on booking-details.php
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with SQL keywords in ambulanceregnum parameter
- Unusual database query patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_server" AND (uri="/admin/booking-details.php" AND (param="ambulanceregnum" AND value CONTAINS "' OR" OR value CONTAINS "UNION" OR value CONTAINS "SELECT"))